Cigarette holder



Jan. 15 4 1924. 1,480,838

. c. P. RHopEs ET AL 1 N VEN TORS .cwzzwnm Medea-Maw A TTORNEYS Patented Jan. 15, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

euro: 2. RHODES, or sAN FRANCISCO, AND ARNOLD r. WILLAT, or sAN RAFAEL,

CALIFORNIA. s

CIGARETTE HOLDER.

Applicationjfiled June 16, 1921}. sem No. 477,882.

Z '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CAXT N P. RHoD s and ARNOLD F. WILLAT, citizens of the United States, and. residents, respectively, 5 of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, and city of San Rafael, county of Marin, State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cigarette Holdersfof which the following is a specification;

Our invention refers particularly to the means mounted in the holder for ejecting a cigarette or cigar, which had previously been carried therein, and also to the means which the ferrule is fixed on theend of said holder. The object of our invention is to provide a holder that will be rigid and serviceable and with ejecting means mounted therein which may be brought into use when d the holder esired to eject the cigarette; from socket, and which means Wlll remain under spring compression during the time when it is not being used, with all open ings closed so that the draft through a cigarette carried in the holder will not-be imp aired.

Also one whereinthe slide portion of the ejector means will be released from its spring compression during the ejecting movement so that it will snap to its extreme out position, thus throwing .the cigarette butt outward with some force and free from the holder.

.Other ob jects will appear from the drawings and specification.

Fig. 1 is a'perspective view of a holder.

employing Fig. 2 is our invention.

an enlarged cross section of Fig.

1 on the line IIII thereof and with the slide removed therefrom.

Figs. 3, sections of 4, and 5 are longitudinal cross the holder of Fig. 1- taken on the ward. Fig flangmg o s. 6 and ,7 are consecutive stages in the f the ferrule, whereas Fig. 8

shows the flange through the completed ferrule.

[Figs. 9, 10, 11 are side,rear and plan views Well known central tube or opening 2' and the receiving socket end 3 The end of the holder'l is slotted at 4 and undercut at 5,

6 respectively, whereby a relatively wide slot 4 is formed; and lying parallel thereto and extending through the material is the narrower groove 5, 6 on each side thereof.

These grooves form ho-usingwalls for the slide17, ejector 8 and finger member 9. The

[slide is made with its sides slightly diverg-v ing towards the finger member end as shown in the plan view Fig-11. The purpose of this. will beset forth. below. Y i The ejector 8 extends from the slide 7 through the inner gro0ve 4 and projects within the cavity 3 forming a barrier nor mally near thebottom .of the cavity 3 and movable. through said cavity to clear the same of a cigarette butt by moving the finger member 9 in an outwardly direction. The normal position of the slide, ejector. and finger member are-shown in'Fig. 4', which is the position of these parts during the time the holder is carrying the cigarette. When it is desired to eject the cigarette butt the finger member 9 is slidin the direction. of the arrow 10 and into the positionshown in F ig. 5 when the interior of the cavity "will have been fully cleared of the cigarette butt. The slide 7 is normally bent out of a flat plane as clearlyshown in Figs.- 5 and 9 so' that when the finger member is moved opposite to the direction of the arrow 10 of Fig; 4, the slide will; be distorted from the curved shape in ,9'and constrained to lie fiat within the slot 4. It will therefore be held firmly by the friction thus occasioned, and not only will all rattling, or looseness be avoided but also it will perform the important function of enabling the finger member to be snapped in'the position of ejection; that is, the friction due tothe spring distortion will first have to be overcome, afterwards the slide will move very quickly snap into the position of Fig. 5, throwing the butt entirely clear of the holder. As a protection and finish to :the holder "I apply a ferrule, over the end surface 12, the ferrule having an interiorly projecting'flange adapted tocooperate with the groove 13 and be held firmly therein.

Referring particularly to Figs. 6, 7 and 8, the body of the ferrule is shown at 14:, which is first formed with a feather edge 15 and is then trimmed and bent first into theposition .shown at 16, and then into the final position shown at 17 A suitable key-way 18 is then cut through the front of the finished ferrule of"Fig.'8. Thefkey-way 18 shroudsthe (ill extreme end 19 of the slide 7, see Figs. 4 and 9. The parts are assembled by first inserting the complete'slide, ejector and fin- .ger' member of slide9 into the grooves 4:,

5 6 of the previously prepared holder as shown in Fig. 3. The two sides of the holder are then slightly compressed in the direction of the arrows 20 and 21 of Fig. 2 and the ferrule of Fig. 8 pressed into position over the extreme end 22 of the holder 1, see Figs. '3vand 4. The flange 17 will now fall into the slot and the ferrule will be held firmly in place. The parts now have the appearance shown .in Fig. 4 in cross section. In Fig.

5 the finger member '9 has been forced out-= wardly being guided at such time by the flat springmember 7 moving within the slot 4 and. carrying with it the ejector 8 which will now be inthe positions shown in Fig. '5. It will be seen that the ferrule of Fig. 8 when being fitted over the end 12 of the holder vl must either expand or the holder must be compressible ;:slight compression of about six thousandths of an inch is readily accomplished .by pressing the sides together in the direction shown by the arrows 20, 21 of Fig. 2, because of the slots o-r grooves 5, 6 and the narrow taper end at 19 of the slide '7,.see Fig. 11. Thesli de on its narrow end does not fully fill the groove laterally, ex-

-cept atits rear position, sothat when the said-slide is in the position shown in Fig. 4'

there is a little play between the end 19 on the sides of the groove 5, "6, thus enabling the compression in the direction of the arrows 20, 21, Fig. 2, when the side is in its final position. The fitting of the ferrule of Fig. 8 over the end to complete the assem- .bling of the parts locates and holds the'slide in position in the holder.

It will be noticed that the ejector 8 is made bifurcated in a plane at right angles with the axis of the holder (see Figs. 9 and .10). This to enable a; cleaner to be thrust through the hole 2 and be clear'of the sides of said ejector, for the purpose of cleaning the holder, the ejector being divided on each side of the cleaner when the latter is being used.

Also the slide 7 and ejector 8 are made in one piece bent over double at 23, and the shank of the finger member 9 is then passed through both thicknesses ofthe metal as at 24: and riveted or otherwise afiixed thereto.

We claim:

1. In aholder for a ciga'rette or the like, a longitudinal slot extending through the wall of the holder, a trackway on each side o f-and opening into said slot, a slide movably mounted in said trackway and carryingan inward'ext'ending ejector, and a finger member extending through the slot and mountedon the rear end of said'slide.

--2. A cigarette holder having'a receiving cavity comprising the elements set forth in claim '1 wherein said sli'de'is of spring ma terial and resiliently held when retracted within said cavity.

3. A cigarette holder having a receiving cavity and comprising the elements set forth in claim 1 wherein'saidslid'e is of spring material and resiliently held when retracted within said cavity, and wherein the sides of said slide are slightly divergent toward'the ejector. I v

4. In a holder havinga cavity for receiving cigarettes or the like, a'metallic ferrule constructed and adaptedtofit .over the end of said holder around said cavity and having an annular inwardly projecting flange, a recess in said holder adapted to receive said flange when said ferrule is in final position and a recess-across the front o'fsaid ferrule adapted to pass an ejector slide.

5. In a holder having a cavity for receiving cigarettes or the like, a metallic ferrule constructed and adapted to fit over the end of said holder around said cavity and having an annular inwardly projecting flange, a recess in said holder adapted to receive said flange when said ferrule is in final position, and a cut through said holder end whereby the holder is compressible to admit theplacing of-the ferrule.

6. In a holder having a cavity for receiving cigarettes or the like, a metallic ferrule constructed and adapted to fit over the end of said holder around said cavity. and having an annular inwardly projecting flange, a recess in said holder adapted to receive said flange when-said ferrule is in final position, and a 'cutthrough said holder end whereby the holder is compressible to admit the placing of the ferrule and a recess-across the front of said ferrule adapted to the passage of an ejector slide.

.7. A cigarette holder havinga receiving cavity andcomprising the elements set forth in claim 1 wherein said slide is of spring materialand under distortion when retracted Within said cavity, a metallic ferrule constructed and adapted to fit over the end of said holder around said cavity and having bent double to form an inner end to said an annular inwardly projecting flange, a slide and said ejector bent at right angles recess in said holder adapted to receive said therefrom and spaced from said end, and flange when said ferrule is in final position a finger member engaging both thicknesses 5 and a recess across the front of said ferrule of metal of the double bend in fixed relation adapt-ed to the passage of an ejector slide. and extending opposite said ejector.

8. In a cigarette holder, a slide and an CAXTON P. RHODES.

ejector struck from a single piece of metal ARNOLD F. WILLAT. 

